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Nim's Island

2008 · 96 min

A sunny, playful island adventure with gentle peril and quirky characters, easy to enjoy as a family.

Directed by: Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Starring: Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler

Tagline: Be the hero of your own story.
Overview: A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.

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Directed by: Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Starring: Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
isolation
survival
friendship
healing
Places: wilderness
sea
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	4
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: adventure, comedy, family, fantasy
Directed by: Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett
Written by: Joseph Kwong, Paula Mazur, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin
Starring: Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Michael Carman, Maddison Joyce, Christopher James Baker, Rhonda Doyle, Bryan Probets
Music: Patrick Doyle
Cinematography: Stuart Dryburgh
Runtime: 96 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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